Divine Venerable Tinglan spread his hands.
Somewhat wistfully, he said, "If only I'd seen him. Someone that badass is bound to become a Sovereign in the future. If I'd met him, I definitely wouldn't have missed the chance to befriend him."
"I was one step too late..."
"By the time I arrived, he had already left the Tianpeng God Realm. They said he was continuing on to reinforce other God Realms invaded by demons."
"And everything I know was told to me personally by Divine Venerable Tianpeng."
"He personally admitted that, toward that Heavenly Demon Slayer Li Yun, aside from gratitude, all he felt was admiration!"
"What? You didn't see him? It was all told to you by Divine Venerable Tianpeng? Then could it be..."
Divine Venerable Qianjin could not help growing suspicious again.
Divine Venerable Tinglan hurriedly said, "Brother Qianjin, I know what you're going to say, but it's impossible—absolutely impossible. The Tianpeng God Realm truly suffered calamity; that horrific devastation couldn't have been faked."
"You can't possibly say that Divine Venerable Tianpeng, just to fabricate a shocking rumor, deliberately found a group of Abyssal Demons and sent them to ravage the Tianpeng God Realm, can you?"
"That... that's impossible. I just feel... it's all too inconceivable."
Divine Venerable Tinglan laughed.
"Actually, I initially thought much the same as you. I didn't doubt Divine Venerable Tianpeng, but such an outlandish matter was truly difficult for me to believe."
"So, after bidding Divine Venerable Tianpeng farewell and leaving the Tianpeng God Realm, I planned to catch up and see just what sort of figure that Heavenly Demon Slayer was."
"But the other party was too fast. I couldn't catch up."
"So I sent messages to others, hoping to inquire about the Heavenly Demon Slayer's whereabouts. Unexpectedly, message after message came